Having fun at Uncle Casey's

Well here we are in Kansas visiting my brother. Today marks the mid-point of our trip. We are now on the down slope of our vacation time. It has been fun, crazy but fun. First off you have to get the vision of my brother's house. It is actually a very good size, especially for a single man. Heck, it is pretty much like the duplex we lived in when Alex was born. But for a family of six visiting and only one room to be in, it makes it crazy. There is actually 2 bedrooms, one being Casey's and one being his weight room and let me tell you, it is a good weight room! Then there is the bathroom, that is small for multiple little kids running around, and then one big open living room/kitchen combo with no table and chairs and only a futon to sit down on. Very single manish.

But when you have 4 kids running around and 3 adults, it gets nutty. Especially at dinner time when kids spill stuff constantly and there is only a small area for them to sit that isn't carpet. All the open space makes it good for bedtime though, because there is plenty of room for the futon(which I get all to myself) and then there is the boys' air mattress and the girls' air mattress and Daddy's air mattress, all queens.

The only thing is that bedtimes are TOTALLY screwed up. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night Daddy and Uncle Casey thought the best way to get the kids to sleep was to put on a movie, WRONG!! The kids all stayed up until it was over, always past 11. So tonight I have kicked the big boys' into Uncle Casey's room and turned off all lights and the tv and it is bedtime. All the kids are really tired and cranky and need to go to bed. Not to mention that they all have runny noses and have that sick look to them, like they all have colds, and voices sound really off, so I know they are fighting getting sick. But alas, needing sleep is not proving to mean kids fall right to sleep.

Anyway, we got here Wednesday, went right out to dinner, then back to Casey's. Thursday we drove into Kansas City with every intention of going to Chick fil A and then the Deanna Rose Farms, which is really fun for the family. Well while at Chick fil A(I love that place!!) we decided it was too cold and miserable to be outside most of the day, so we went to Hallmark's Kaleidocsope and Sea Life, both of which were very cool!! And with the Kaleidoscope being free and keeping the kids VERY entertained it was definately worth it!!

Friday we drove into Fort Riley, and went through a museum and a half, but didn't stay for long, cause the kids were not in the museum mood and we adults were tired of them rushing us through it all. We did however get to see the army bomb sniffing dogs at work. They were walking them through the museums to get them used to carrying on their jobs while amoungst distractions. Well the Schimek's are good for distractions and noise. lol After leaving the fort, we went to Ed's Dog House and picked up some amazing hot dogs!! They were sooo good.

Today we went to Britt's pumpkin patch today. It was alot of fun for the kids. We went last year too and had to go back this year. They have a corn maze, hayrack ride, fun jump for kids, petting zoo, pumpkin patch, and so much more. The kids LOVED it!!! We also bought pumpkins to carve tonight, we had the girls' pumpkin and the boys' pumpkin. I have to say the girls pumpkin, carved by me, kicked the boys' pumpkin's butt, carved by daddy. Daddy's guide fell off partway through an was too drenched in pumpkin juice to be of any help after that.